Saturday, May 25, 2013

Approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March this year,
the constitution clips the powers of the president, limits presidential
tenures to two five-year terms and does away with the post of prime
minister.

However, it does not apply retroactively so the
89-year-old Mugabe could technically extend his three decades in office
by another 10 years.
"This day is an historic day, it's about the future," Eric
Matinenga, the Constitutional Affairs Minister said at the signing
ceremony.

"I can assure you that this document which is before us is a good document."

A
new constitution is one of the pre-conditions for elections to pick a
successor to the shaky compromise government Mugabe formed four years
ago with Tsvangirai.

Monday, May 06, 2013

Strategypage reports he is hiding out in the disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan.

April 27, 2013: New reports claim that LRA commander Joseph
Kony is hiding out in the Kafia Kingi region of Sudan. Kafia Kingi is a
territory claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. The enclave is (from
South Sudan’s perspective) at the very western edge of South Sudan’s
Western Bahr al-Ghazal state. Sudan currently occupies the enclave.
Human rights organizations and the Ugandan government have frequently
claimed that Sudanese military has provided the LRA with weapons,
equipment, and money. The new reports (based on statements made by LRA
defectors) claim that the Sudanese Army has given Kony safe haven. Kony
may have used Kafia Kingi as a hideout in 2010. There are reports that
he returned to the area briefly in 2011 and 2012.